Given our head coach and his past - which I must say is a good predictor of his future actions - we have to look at what is a realistic alternative. It seems to me this organization, and this includes the cigar-smoking big man 100 ft above the ice, is far too hesistant to promote from within. We didn't fair too badly relying on three young players last year - although admittedly the staff was kind of forced into it - and I don't understand how we can abandon some of this thinking.

I am beginning to think that until the organization rids itself completely of the Sather taint, it is not going to get much better.